Malin Bång

Eliciting sounds from everyday items and objects and combining them with sounds from more traditional instruments are an important starting point of this composer\’s musical language. Malin Bång’s work includes pieces for instrumental ensembles, orchestra, and electronic music. Her works are performed at important festivals of new music including, among others, Donaueschinger Musiktage; Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; IMPULS Festival; Ultraschall Festival; and Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik. She received the Orchestra Award from Donaueschinger Musiktage (2018) and the Christ Johnson Music Prize (2020) for “splinters of ebullient rebellion.” Bång is composer-in-residence and a founding member of Curious Chamber Players (Stockholm). She was born in 1974 in Sweden and studied composition at the School of Music in Piteå; the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin); the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm; and the University of Göteborg.